Associated Studios

The Associated Studios is a drama school in London, England, offering courses in Acting, Musical Theatre, Opera and Commmercial/Popular Music.

The Associated Studios were founded by Leontine Hass in 2007, then based at The Royal Academy of Music, in order to address a lack of top-level ongoing professional development and training for performers.

Key Personnel

Courses

1 Year Full-Time Musical Theatre Course

A 32 week course on which students receive training in performance craft, dance and intensive acting coaching. Vocal technique, vocal stamina and development being a particular focus at the studios, the course also offers one-to one singing lessons and termly projects including an in-house production, creating a concert/cabaret and recording in a studio. The year of study culminates with a West End showcase performance to which industry professionals including agents and casting directors are invited.

4 Month Part-Time Musical Theatre Course

This professional development course focuses on developing and refining the performers’ existing vocal, acting and dance skills. There are a maximum of 12-16 participants on each course, At the end of the course participants present a showcase cabaret for industry guests.

1 Year Full Time Opera Course

A new 1-year full-time course focusing on the all-round performer, with a significant focus on acting and stagecraft as well as vocal mastery, technique and stamina. Participants develop their vocal and dramatic skills with eminent industry practitioners including Conductors, Performers, language specialists, Repetiteurs, Directors, Agents and specialised coaches. One-to-one coaching sessions are included as part of the course.

4 Month Part-Time Opera Course

A new 4 month part-time course designed to introduce singers to intensive study and development of the skills they require to pursue a career as an opera singer. Over two days per week participants work with top industry practitioners including conductors, performers, language specialists, repetiteurs, directors and specialised coaches.

Sunday Workshops

The Associated Studios holds Sunday workshops with visiting tutors include casting directors, agents, vocal-coaches and musical directors.

Guest Coaches

Acting and Musical Theatre

Michael Attenborough (Artistic Director of the Almeida), Jeremy Irons (Actor), Dominic Cooke (Artistic Director of the Royal Court), Hugh Grant (Actor), Lindsay Posner (Olivier Award Winning Director), Joe Hill-Gibbins (Deputy Artistic Director of the Young Vic), Robert Fried (Acting Coach/Director The Oxford School of Drama, Arts Ed, East 15, RADA), Lorne Campbell (Director at the Traverse Theatre, Artistic Director of Greyscale), Maria Aitken (Actor and Author), Phelim McDermott (Artistic Director Improbable), Natalie Ibu (Director), Nigel Whitmey (Actor), Anthony Clark (Director and Playwright), Naomi Jones (Director), James Kerr (Director), Terry Johnson (Playwright and Director), Timothy West (Actor), Prunella Scales (Actor), Jeremy Herrin (Associate Director at the Royal Court), Che Walker (Playwright and Director), Melly Still (Olivier Award Winning Director), Mike Alfreds (Director and Author), Peter Kosminsky (BAFTA Award Winning Director, Writer and Producer), Patrick Stewart (Actor), Marina Caldarone (Director/Producer/Author), Dee Forrest (Voice Coach), Pete Gallagher (Actor, Director & Writer), Ronin Traynor (Fight Choreographer & Performer), Tony McGill (Actor & Musician), Leontine Hass (West End Vocal Coach, Artistic Director of Associated Studios and WAM Co), Nigel Lilley (West End MD), Matt Ryan (Resident Director for original production of Les Misérables), Gareth Valentine (West End Supervisor & MD), Mike Dixon (West End/Broadway MD Supervisor, Composer), Greg Arrowsmith (West End Supervisor & MD), Jeremy Sams (Director, Librettist & BAFTA Award Winning Composer), Dan Bowling (Musical Supervisor & MD), Scott Alan (Broadway Composer), Jason Carr (Tony and Olivier Award Winning Orchestrator & MD), Matt Rawle (West End Principal), John Rigby (West End MD & Supervisor), Kate Golledge (Director), Ian Good (Director), Paul Sabey (MD & Head of Musical Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium), Tom Kelly (West End MD & Orchestrator), Danny Whitby (West End MD), Daniel Koek (West End Principal), Tim Howar (West End Principal), Helen Hobson (West End Principal), David Grindrod (Casting Director), Anthony Drewe (Olivier Award Winning Lyricist of Styles and Drewe), Nicholas Skilbeck (West End Musical Supervisor), Danielle Tarento (Producer/Casting Director) Benjamin Newsome (Casting Director), Laurie Scarth (West End Principal, Choreographer), Sam Spencer Lane (Choreographer), Jamie Thomson (Choreographer), David Lee (West End Performer, Actor & Choreographer)

Opera

Rebecca Evans (Grammy Award Winning Soprano working at ROH, ENO, WNO), Olivia Fuchs (Director at ROH, ENO, Opera Holland Park), Brad Cohen (Conductor at Opera Holland Park, RPO, BBC 2’s Maestro), Giles Havergal (Director at Opera North, WNO, Scottish Opera), Jonathan Hinden (Conductor and Senior Coach at Glyndebourne), James Conway (Artistic Director of ETO), Mary King (Director of Voice Lab, Channel 4’s Operatunity), Natalie Murray (Opera Coach, RCM, Jette Parker Programme, NOS), Robin Norton-Hale (Director of Olivier Award Winning La Bohème for Opera Up Close), Jonathan Cohen (Associate Conductor of Les Arts Florissants), Mandy Demetriou (Movement Director at ROH, ENO, Opera North), Alessandro Talevi (Director at Opera North, Maggio Musicale Florence, WNO), Brindley Sherratt (Internationally acclaimed Bass), Andrew Watts (Internationally acclaimed Countertenor working at Hamburg Staatsoper, ENO, La Scala Milan, Salzburg Festival), Robert Fried (Director, Acting Coach RADA), Che Walker (Playwright / Director Young Vic, The Globe, The Royal Court), Justin Way (Head of Staff Directors at Teatro Real, Madrid, ROH), Rory Bremner (Satirist and English Librettist for Scottish Opera), Roger Vignoles (Diapason d’Or Award Winning Pianist), Iain Burnside (Grammy and Sony Radio Award Winning Pianist), Chris Cowell (Opera Director), Samuel Krum (Vocal & Opera Consultant - Robert Gilder & Co. Agency), Mary Hill (Repetiteur RCM/Guildhall), Janice Chapman (Vocal Coach and founding member of the BVA), Annabel Arden (Theatre & Opera Director and founder of Théâtre de Complicité), Max Key (Theatre & Opera Director for the Arcola, Royal National Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith), Philip Headlam (Repetiteur), Sophie Daneman (Internationally acclaimed Baroque Soprano), Liz Rowe (Head of Music Opera Holland Park, ENO), Martin Fitzpatrick (Head of Music ENO), Robin Newton (Conductor, Head of Music at Garsington Opera)

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